Soap actress faces police quiz over sex assault claims

A soap actress may be investigated over claims she sexually abused a teenager in the Eighties.

The Met police are conducting inquiries into allegations that the “household name” actress “coerced” and “manipulated” a 16-year-old boy into having sex.

Charity worker Robert Jones claims the alleged attacks “have hung over me for most of my life”. The 48-year-old said the woman whose identity has not been revealed, assaulted him at his home.

He claimed: “The first time it happened I was 16 years old. She grabbed my arm and forcefully pulled me into her bedroom in the house she was living at the time.

“It lasted less than half an hour. I was so young. I remember going to a small place within myself. I kept thinking, ‘Just get through it, it’ll be over soon.’ Afterwards I felt totally disgusted at what had happened.

“Even at that young age I was thinking ‘What happened wasn’t right’. I want her to answer for what she did. People who have been abused shouldn’t have to stay silent. They have a voice, and they should use it.”